#2546 - Scratch Golden Pound Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (measure before sifting)
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2/3 cup Crisco shortening
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 TBSP vanilla
2/3 cup milk
3 eggs
Domino's powdered sugar (for sprinkling)

Into a bowl sift the cake flour, salt and baking powder. In a mixer add Crisco and white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add vanilla and milk--beat. Slowly add cake flour mixture--beat for 2 minutes. Pour batter into a greased bread loaf pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 85 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes, then loosen cake from pan and place it on a cake plate. Dust with powdered sugar.